Weather Patterns

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Across
  1. 2. when a warm air mass overtakes cold air in an area
  2. 7. forms over Mexico in the summer
  3. 12. cold air coming in from the North and South Poles
  4. 15. someone who studies weather
  5. 16. the center of a hurricane
  6. 17. specific winds blowing from east to west
  7. 18. a light change in wind speed
  8. 19. forms over Canada in the winter
  9. 20. the cycle of water
  10. 22. the air surrounding the Earth
  11. 23. the boundary between air masses
  12. 24. the natural tendency on rotating objects to turn right (in the Northern Hemisphere) caused by the rotation of the Earth
Down
  1. 1. a front with little movement that brings lots of rain
  2. 3. how pressure is measured (force per unit area)
  3. 4. winds surrounding the center of a hurricane
  4. 5. cold air
  5. 6. forms over the northern Pacific and North Atlantic oceans
  6. 8. the movement of ocean waters
  7. 9. wet, hot air
  8. 10. forms over oceans with lots of moisture
  9. 11. the way that hurricanes are categorized by their wind speed
  10. 13. the prediction of weather
  11. 14. when a faster moving cold front overtakes a mass of warm air
  12. 21. when cold air replaces warm air in an area